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america, we see education more as a social issue. it is not something we are investing in to fix the economy. it is something that gets cut when the budget times are tough. >> is a solution really money? america spends more per child on its education and other countries. >> is not an issue of how much wheat we are spending -- how much we are spending. over the last 20, 30 years we have tripled the amount of money we're spending per child on public education, and yet the results have remained stagnant. part of the problem is that we in the u.s. i don't think are using our money wisely or effectively. >> then you start getting into extreme political territory with people having very different views on how that money should be spent. >> right. this is one of the things that we push. transparency with budgets. so that everyone can see where our schools, districts, state's spending education dollars and what kind of return on investment are those dollars getting. if we were able to look at the data from that perspective, then we would hav
america, we see education more as a social issue. it is not something we are investing in to fix the economy. it is something that gets cut when the budget times are tough. >> is a solution really money? america spends more per child on its education and other countries. >> is not an issue of how much wheat we are spending -- how much we are spending. over the last 20, 30 years we have tripled the amount of money we're spending per child on public education, and yet the results have...
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the fastest-growing sector of american education. with two million students now enrolled in more than 5,000 such institutions across the u.s. bridgeport academy middle school in bridgeport connecticut is one of them. like traditional public schools, it receives per-pupil funds from the state of connecticut. but it is allowed to operate independently from the local district and uses a blind lottery for enrollment. the school is part of the larger nonprofit achievement first network of 22 charters along the east coast serving mainly low-income minority students. >> what is the word for a gas... reporter: at bridgeport academy middle school the ultimate goal is to close the so-called achievement gap between rich and poor students. its principal is morgan barth. >> bridgeport is on the bottom end of connecticut which has the biggest achievement gap in the country. our kids are great. they come to school with some really heart-breaking deficits in their academic skills. on average a fifth grader comes to our school at least two or three g
the fastest-growing sector of american education. with two million students now enrolled in more than 5,000 such institutions across the u.s. bridgeport academy middle school in bridgeport connecticut is one of them. like traditional public schools, it receives per-pupil funds from the state of connecticut. but it is allowed to operate independently from the local district and uses a blind lottery for enrollment. the school is part of the larger nonprofit achievement first network of 22...
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yet almost none of it has spread to higher education. so our country has begun to get college access right but we see huge dropout rates in college. >> reporter: cynthia barren is a coach with the university of illinois at chicago's principle training program, she has over 40 years of experience in chicago public schools. there's nothing better than the next step after high school and making them feel confident and comfortable in their academic skills, that they can do it. but along with that is also this ability to know what college life is going to be like, know what career readiness is about, know what life will be like when they graduate but also helping them to develop the network that will help them, then also how to anticipate those obstacles, what do they have to put in place? >> reporter: one goal student anthony knows something about obstacles. last year, his south side neighborhood ranked fourth among 77 communities for the number of violent crimes. according to the latest census numbers, nearly 26% of households leer below th
yet almost none of it has spread to higher education. so our country has begun to get college access right but we see huge dropout rates in college. >> reporter: cynthia barren is a coach with the university of illinois at chicago's principle training program, she has over 40 years of experience in chicago public schools. there's nothing better than the next step after high school and making them feel confident and comfortable in their academic skills, that they can do it. but along with...
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college education. they have a fertility rate of just over one and a half. so how'd you put that in context? china and its dreaded of one child policy. welcome our middle-class is just one-tenth of a point higher than scientists one-and-a-half fertility rate. what happens if your children are born? japan had an average economic growth rate of just under five nap%. this is japan. and over that almost a quarter-century, that is an extraordinary performance. but then over the past two decades because of that falling fertility rate, their economy has grown by an average of just about, on average, 1% per year. japan's fertility rate plummeted over the same time. it stands at 13. here on "lou dobbs tonight" will be talking about what our counnry's doing to itself and what politicians do not have the guts or, perhaps, the intellect to address this crisis. the author will be talking with tonight rode a book entitled what to expect when no one is expecting. the obama justice department escalates the drug war and the escalates due process. killing americans, no proble
college education. they have a fertility rate of just over one and a half. so how'd you put that in context? china and its dreaded of one child policy. welcome our middle-class is just one-tenth of a point higher than scientists one-and-a-half fertility rate. what happens if your children are born? japan had an average economic growth rate of just under five nap%. this is japan. and over that almost a quarter-century, that is an extraordinary performance. but then over the past two decades...
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he wants lower tuition and wants college education to be available. best way to do that get government subsidies out there. and prices will fall like they have done for prevously hard to get goods. >> and the nation's labor boopered position are illegal and why are they getting six figure salaries on your dime. is it time to cut them off. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur and don't get heartburn in the first place! we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. turkey. back to forbes on fox. >> unconstitutional and still collecting a paycheck. despite
he wants lower tuition and wants college education to be available. best way to do that get government subsidies out there. and prices will fall like they have done for prevously hard to get goods. >> and the nation's labor boopered position are illegal and why are they getting six figure salaries on your dime. is it time to cut them off. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats...
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he wants lower tuition and wants college education to be available. best way to do that get government subsidies out there. and prices will fall like they have done for prevously hard to get goods. >> and the nation's labor boopered position are illegal and why are they getting six figure salaries on your dime. is it time to cut them off. turkey. back to forbes on fox. >> unconstitutional and still collecting a paycheck. despite the judge ruling that labor board recess appointments were unconstitutional. board members get paid more than 150,000 a year on your taxpayer gop senators are pushing to cut off the pay. rich? >> it is tough medicine for sure and fell sorry for the appointees who based their lives around the salaryings. but the key word is it unconstitutional. the supreme court will probably look at ts and if they reverse the lower courts ruling and reinstall people and their salaries. we have to draw a law in the stand about the unconstitutionalit i. >> unconstitutional is it the word that report used. you can't go against the law. nlet me te
he wants lower tuition and wants college education to be available. best way to do that get government subsidies out there. and prices will fall like they have done for prevously hard to get goods. >> and the nation's labor boopered position are illegal and why are they getting six figure salaries on your dime. is it time to cut them off. turkey. back to forbes on fox. >> unconstitutional and still collecting a paycheck. despite the judge ruling that labor board recess appointments...
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rhee argues the culture of education has lost its spirit of competition. "we've gone soft as a nation, we don't want anyone to feel bad so we tell everyone they're great. teachers are teaching well. students are getting promoted. even if it they can't read or add. we are creating a skewed and unhealthy dynamic." joining the panel is michelle rhee. thanks for coming on. and congratulations on the book out on tuesday. >> thank you. >> so chancellor rhee, there's a story in the book where you talk about going to seoul and you describe a year where all students are given a rank based on their ability and everybody knows who is first and who is 18th. which sounds to someone who has recurring nightmares about being in school like a horrifyingly competitive atmosphere. i guess i wonder as we look at the trend lines, being more inclusive, having a more harmonious environment, seems to be the vogue. and you're advocating for at least more transparency. >> i think what we need is honesty. as long as we're telling all kid, yeah, you're doing well even if you're not,
rhee argues the culture of education has lost its spirit of competition. "we've gone soft as a nation, we don't want anyone to feel bad so we tell everyone they're great. teachers are teaching well. students are getting promoted. even if it they can't read or add. we are creating a skewed and unhealthy dynamic." joining the panel is michelle rhee. thanks for coming on. and congratulations on the book out on tuesday. >> thank you. >> so chancellor rhee, there's a story in...
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he wants lower tuition and wants college education to be available. best way to do that get government subsidies out there. and prices will fall like they have done for prevously hard to get goods. >> and the nation's labor boopered position are illegal and why are they getting six figure salaries on your dime. is it time to cut them off. ♪ why do more emergency workers everywhere trust duracell? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. now...guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. live from america's news headquarterings. i am kelly wright. a brand new picture of president obama released in the white house. in the photohe is skeet shoot nothing camp. it was taken last summer and the white house releasing this after the president claim happened he used gunce recreationally . there are sweeping new overhauls of the gun laws. >> revolution people's liberation people's party front said they are bihind the strike in turkey. and one turkish guard killed and two others were injured. the terrorist are opposed t
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bush's education policy so you can consider it to be educational drone warfare where the students are turning into the drones but that's ridiculous it's very true yeah the rebranding effort i mean i guess it just goes on every single facet of his visitation it seems like there's so much frustration about the public education system that people are pushing for the only alternative that they hear about which of course is this privatization what is the danger of treating education like a commodity though. well then students become a commodity. i mean education educational system and our communities are how we form young people and if we standardize our tests we standardized our children i know that sort of. slogan more than anything but as a community college professor i'm not just a researcher i mean i'm on the ground i just got out of a class ten minutes ago working with many of my students failed standardized testing high school proficiency test numerous times and they had very little exposure to critical thinking and very little exposure to an educational system that was enjoyable or
bush's education policy so you can consider it to be educational drone warfare where the students are turning into the drones but that's ridiculous it's very true yeah the rebranding effort i mean i guess it just goes on every single facet of his visitation it seems like there's so much frustration about the public education system that people are pushing for the only alternative that they hear about which of course is this privatization what is the danger of treating education like a commodity...
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in florida's constitution, a quality education is now in the florida constitution. i do believe that in america, particularly, everyone is entitled to a quality education. and most certainly in this country, people should not go to bed hungry. that is just unacceptable. the way that the misery index in this country is one that is way out of the line because of the recent economic situation. i do not think that we as a country even understand how the unemployment has affected so many families, and we have a whole new strata called the new league for, people who were driving forces yesterday and in bread lines today -- who were driving portias -- driving porsches yesterday and in redlines today. we need to make sure americans had the opportunity to have reasonable health care. not excessive. the fact is we've got to make sure that what happened in past -- and we know that. a lot of costs have spiraled out of control. we have to have a baseline. this country has promised that in a sense of being a land of opportunity for all its people. the resources that we have in th
in florida's constitution, a quality education is now in the florida constitution. i do believe that in america, particularly, everyone is entitled to a quality education. and most certainly in this country, people should not go to bed hungry. that is just unacceptable. the way that the misery index in this country is one that is way out of the line because of the recent economic situation. i do not think that we as a country even understand how the unemployment has affected so many families,...
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bush's education policy so you can consider it to be educational drone warfare where the students are turning into the drones but that's ridiculous it's very true yeah the rebranding effort i mean i guess it just goes in every single facet of as a visitation it seems like there's so much frustration about the public education system that people are pushing for the only alternative that they hear about which of course is this privatization what is the danger of creating education like a commodity though. well then students become a commodity. i mean education educational system and our communities are how we form young people and if we standardized tests we standardized our children i know that sort of. a slogan more than anything but as a community college professor i'm not just a researcher i mean i'm on the ground i just got out of a class ten minutes ago working with many of my students fail the standardized test icicle proficiency test numerous times and they had very little exposure to critical thinking and very little exposure to an educational system that was enjoyable or value
bush's education policy so you can consider it to be educational drone warfare where the students are turning into the drones but that's ridiculous it's very true yeah the rebranding effort i mean i guess it just goes in every single facet of as a visitation it seems like there's so much frustration about the public education system that people are pushing for the only alternative that they hear about which of course is this privatization what is the danger of creating education like a...
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so ex, for example, in education, the idea that not only are r. the best lecturing online but you can interact with other people and talk to other students. we ought to be able to deliver education that's high quality but dramatically low cost. a lot of our unemployment is because kids aren't well educated enough. if you're a college graduate, unemployment is very low. and so we've got to increase access to education but letting the price go up won't allow that. >> what are you hoping for in terms of the gopments at microso microsoft? are there areas that you would like to see the company further into? >> well, we got windows and asset -- windows and office as two primary assets. in office, letting people prepare information and share it in the interactive way, there's a ton we can do. skype is the most popular communication service in the world but we can make it easier to find people you want to talk to, organize groups, get notified. so we're in so many area where's we're thinking about information workers and a deeper fashion than any of the o
so ex, for example, in education, the idea that not only are r. the best lecturing online but you can interact with other people and talk to other students. we ought to be able to deliver education that's high quality but dramatically low cost. a lot of our unemployment is because kids aren't well educated enough. if you're a college graduate, unemployment is very low. and so we've got to increase access to education but letting the price go up won't allow that. >> what are you hoping for...
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the big cases this term at the supreme court, there's one in affirmative action, higher education at the university of texas. we can see a decision in that probably soon. it was back in october, i think voting rights case out of alabama questioning the continuing wisdom and constitutionalty of a law, the section of the voting rights act that requires states certain jurisdiction. i'm not talking about the confederacy. to clear any election regulation be it moving your poling location from a firehouse to a schoolhouse by the federal government. it is not correlated of voting rates of minorities. so we're probably going to see the supreme court strike that down which will make waves. and of course, a couple of gay marriages are before the court. it is highly unlikely that the supreme court this term will strike down all restrictions on gay marriage, require all states to provide it. the cases they took can be decided without reaching that point. one is the defensive marriage act, section three about federal benefits that the federal government has to give certain benefits to people who
the big cases this term at the supreme court, there's one in affirmative action, higher education at the university of texas. we can see a decision in that probably soon. it was back in october, i think voting rights case out of alabama questioning the continuing wisdom and constitutionalty of a law, the section of the voting rights act that requires states certain jurisdiction. i'm not talking about the confederacy. to clear any election regulation be it moving your poling location from a...
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i mean education educational system and our communities are how we form young people and if we standardized tests we've standardized our children i know that sort of. slogan more than anything but as a community college professor i'm not just a researcher i mean i'm on the ground i just got out of a class ten minutes ago working with many of my students failed standardized test high school proficiency test numerous times and they had very little exposure to critical thinking and very little exposure to an educational system that was enjoyable or it valued the sort of complicated lives we have so the danger is is that the kids could get fit into this standardized mold or like many other students i have now they're just simply shut down and disenfranchised from the educational system and from opportunity so again the danger of commodifying education in the one hand we can modify our children on the other hand we open up education to the marketplace and to corruption and there are many cases i could cite specifically about once the schools are given to private and all sorts of nefarious corrup
i mean education educational system and our communities are how we form young people and if we standardized tests we've standardized our children i know that sort of. slogan more than anything but as a community college professor i'm not just a researcher i mean i'm on the ground i just got out of a class ten minutes ago working with many of my students failed standardized test high school proficiency test numerous times and they had very little exposure to critical thinking and very little...
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now, a good education leads to more innovation. and throughout our history, american colleges and universities have served as a cornerstone for the world's innovation. they are a big part of why the u.s. remains the destination for the world's best and brightest. investment in education leads to innovation, which leads to more opportunity and jobs for all. our problem, the investment we make is not yielding the maximum return. each year, our colleges and universities graduate approximately 40,000 foreign nationals with masters and ph.d. degrees, many of whom are forced to leave the country because there aren't enough visa slots in our country to permit them to stay. rather than being able to invent things here in america, grow businesses, they do these things somewhere else. fiona is here with us who is earning her masters at g.w. school of engineering. originally from china, she has been in the united states for five years studying operations research in the systems engineering department. if you talk to her, you'll see she's pret
now, a good education leads to more innovation. and throughout our history, american colleges and universities have served as a cornerstone for the world's innovation. they are a big part of why the u.s. remains the destination for the world's best and brightest. investment in education leads to innovation, which leads to more opportunity and jobs for all. our problem, the investment we make is not yielding the maximum return. each year, our colleges and universities graduate approximately...
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of a fund to help support the education of women. rosa parks was known for her courage also as she fought racial segregation. in 1955 in alabama she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man as the law required. today, the 100th anniversary of her birth, the postal service honored rosa parks with a stamp. >>> coming up, richard iii lost and found. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour one on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour three. zyrtec®. love the air®. if you're living with moderate to severe crohn's disease, and it feels like your life revolves around your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira adalimumab. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications but still experi
of a fund to help support the education of women. rosa parks was known for her courage also as she fought racial segregation. in 1955 in alabama she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man as the law required. today, the 100th anniversary of her birth, the postal service honored rosa parks with a stamp. >>> coming up, richard iii lost and found. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a...
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and our visa laws are so antiquated we're going about vesting in her education. she's an extremely smart individual from china. she can't stay here after her degree is done. >> understood. for the 11 million people in the country illegally, would you join marco rubio for a path to citizenship. >> what i talked about today is the fact that we have got to go and deal with this issue. and i said that the best place to start is with children. we have a history in this country of not holding children accountable for the deeds of their parents. if we have children brought here due to no fault of their own and know no other place than home i support giving those children permanent residency and citizenship. >> we have to leave it there but thank you for joining us. we'll see where this rebranding goes. >>> the nfl says beyonce's high-tech halftime show was not the cause of the blackout at the super bowl but next year's performance has its own set of challenges. >>> are car companies seeing the light about electric vehicles? the grapevine is coming up next. my bad. tell
and our visa laws are so antiquated we're going about vesting in her education. she's an extremely smart individual from china. she can't stay here after her degree is done. >> understood. for the 11 million people in the country illegally, would you join marco rubio for a path to citizenship. >> what i talked about today is the fact that we have got to go and deal with this issue. and i said that the best place to start is with children. we have a history in this country of not...
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yet that i understand that the united states can't educate the whole wall no we can't but we can we can help other countries develop an infrastructure so that they can educate themselves coming more and more about your encounters with those what are their impressions that you have the first kind of fighter i ever caught was in one thousand year old boy from tunisia and the only reason he went to afghanistan was because he had nothing else to do he had no skills and no way of making a living and he wanted to get married so the local in mom said if you want to make some money you know what you should do you should go to afghanistan and make jihad against the americans if you do that i know somebody who will pay your family five hundred dollars and you can use that for a dowry and you can you can get a wife so this kid had nothing against the united states he had never even really thought about the united states so from your experience you saw no ideology i saw very little you see ideology and some of the older fighters some of the leaders the camp commanders for example sure there's i
yet that i understand that the united states can't educate the whole wall no we can't but we can we can help other countries develop an infrastructure so that they can educate themselves coming more and more about your encounters with those what are their impressions that you have the first kind of fighter i ever caught was in one thousand year old boy from tunisia and the only reason he went to afghanistan was because he had nothing else to do he had no skills and no way of making a living and...
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i think there are plenty of educators that want to do the right thing. we also believe at students first, all kids can learn when they are put in the right school environment, a rigorous school. the problem is they are forced to operate in this bureaucracy that is driven by policies that absolutely make no sense. >> sean: education is interesting derivative from latin, to bring forth from within. so if it is not coming out, who has failed who? >> i think that we have to focus on as educators is what can happen within the confines of the school day and school year. what we know is that of all of the school factors that exist the quality oft matters the most. you can take a child who is living in poverty who had is coming to school with tremendous challenges and when you put that kid in front of a highly effective teacher it can literally change their life. >> sean: what is the biggest obstacle to that, teacher unions do they protect -- the mysterious resistance toward vouchers or all girl public schools. there is one in harlem and city of new york got sue
i think there are plenty of educators that want to do the right thing. we also believe at students first, all kids can learn when they are put in the right school environment, a rigorous school. the problem is they are forced to operate in this bureaucracy that is driven by policies that absolutely make no sense. >> sean: education is interesting derivative from latin, to bring forth from within. so if it is not coming out, who has failed who? >> i think that we have to focus on as...
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, especially college education, if they want to know and they should know, what are they getting out of that deal and what are the best majors. i think a little guidance is not a bad thing. >> since when a liberal arts, the heart -- >> i'm a pro liberal arts guy. >> have anything to do -- when has it ever been the case. >> right now people are worried about job. >> sure. >> and if what parents are -- >> in other words, don't study history. john, you're not a duddite. >> i know what it is. >> tonight take philosophy, languages, take few examiner scibeses. is that the republican message? >> it's not the republican message. i do think there's truth in advertising. maybe that's a good idea. i do agree of a well-rounded education is good for everybody. >> back to your game of depends who says this. if a democrat said this, we want the government of the united states making sure that colleges list the economic productivity of various majors. you're an intellectual. you know how to handle this. what major would you have majored? of this idea how you can predict your future based on your maj
, especially college education, if they want to know and they should know, what are they getting out of that deal and what are the best majors. i think a little guidance is not a bad thing. >> since when a liberal arts, the heart -- >> i'm a pro liberal arts guy. >> have anything to do -- when has it ever been the case. >> right now people are worried about job. >> sure. >> and if what parents are -- >> in other words, don't study history. john, you're...
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i mean education educational system and our communities are how we form young people and if we standardized tests we standardized our children i know that sort of. a slogan more than anything but as a community college professor i'm not just a researcher i mean i'm on the ground i just got out of a class ten minutes ago working with many of my students failed the standardized test high school proficiency test numerous times and they had very little exposure to critical thinking and very little exposure to an educational system that was enjoyable or it valued the sort of complicated lives we have so the danger is is that the kids get fit into this standardized mold or like many other students i have now they're just simply shut down and disenfranchised from the educational system and from opportunity so again the danger of commodifying education on the one hand we can modify our children on the other hand we open up education to the marketplace and to corruption and there are many cases i could cite specifically about once the schools are giving to private hands all sorts of nefarious corrup
i mean education educational system and our communities are how we form young people and if we standardized tests we standardized our children i know that sort of. a slogan more than anything but as a community college professor i'm not just a researcher i mean i'm on the ground i just got out of a class ten minutes ago working with many of my students failed the standardized test high school proficiency test numerous times and they had very little exposure to critical thinking and very little...
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they tend to be moderate, urban, well educated and independent. in 2012, gallup data showed that independents were the fasting growing demographic in america with now 40% of americans calling themselves independent an all time high. the only political brand in america that is worse than democrats is republicans. in other words, most americans outside of washington don't want anything to do with the political parties. so actually the big headline in 2012 is that many of these independents stayed home. 2012 was a low turnout election. 3 percentage points fewer americans showed up in 2012 than in 2008 and fewer americans showed up this year than 2004. mitt romney barely won as many votes as john mccain did in 2008. if you compare preelection estimates to exit polls, what you find is 5 percentage points of independents didn't show up. so the party that actually figures out how to represent these independents, and my hunch is many of them are these social liberal voters is going to be ahead in the demographic race. that's why you saw smart democrats ac
they tend to be moderate, urban, well educated and independent. in 2012, gallup data showed that independents were the fasting growing demographic in america with now 40% of americans calling themselves independent an all time high. the only political brand in america that is worse than democrats is republicans. in other words, most americans outside of washington don't want anything to do with the political parties. so actually the big headline in 2012 is that many of these independents stayed...
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. >> stephen: yes, latino immigrants deserve the same benefits-- social security, medicare, public education-- that all americans are slowly losing. [ laughter ] but, folks, dont think this is some blanket amnesty with no price to pay. just ask florida senator and registered latino marco rubio. >> you have to identity yourself. you're going to be fingerprinted. you're going to have a background check done. >> stephen: yes, they must be fingerprinted, and have background checks. after all, they're trying to get citizenship, not an assault weapon. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] these people love assault weapons. [ laughter ] folks, this completely changes how republicans will be perceived through the latino lens. >> i think it's going to revive the republican party among hispanics. >> it takes away from democrats the race card and it also lets nervous white voters know this is not a racist party. >> the one thing about if this plan comes to pass, how are the democrats going to call republicans racist anymore? they're going to take it off the table. >> stephen: yes, republicans will take ra
. >> stephen: yes, latino immigrants deserve the same benefits-- social security, medicare, public education-- that all americans are slowly losing. [ laughter ] but, folks, dont think this is some blanket amnesty with no price to pay. just ask florida senator and registered latino marco rubio. >> you have to identity yourself. you're going to be fingerprinted. you're going to have a background check done. >> stephen: yes, they must be fingerprinted, and have background...
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what is the quickest point of entry to public education? >> well, it is something that makes me nervous to see strange bedfell bedfellows, and you see people in louisiana who are encouraging charter systems, and vouchers and i am thinking, that you have not been on the side of educating the kids for decades and now i'm supposed to believe that you are? >> part of the republican agenda, and the a.l.e.c. has been to shift as much public money to charter schools to private school vouchers, and you are seeing the big battles in places with red governors and red legislatures and i don't know, we have so much brain power at this table talking about it, and maybe the best contribution ki make is two great documentaries that have come to my attention and one is about hoxley, arkansas, which is a small town that voluntarily segregated for financial and moral reasons, and then on espn, they have a story about a team that deseg regated and the tension that happened there. >> and my mom who went to brigham young university said that the mormon church c
what is the quickest point of entry to public education? >> well, it is something that makes me nervous to see strange bedfell bedfellows, and you see people in louisiana who are encouraging charter systems, and vouchers and i am thinking, that you have not been on the side of educating the kids for decades and now i'm supposed to believe that you are? >> part of the republican agenda, and the a.l.e.c. has been to shift as much public money to charter schools to private school...
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the school put him to the special education class. and joseph would try and sit in on the classes in order to help his son but met with hostility by school administrators and had to obtain a court
the school put him to the special education class. and joseph would try and sit in on the classes in order to help his son but met with hostility by school administrators and had to obtain a court